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A serving of stovetop Moroccan chicken tajine over couscous in a bowl.

Stovetop Moroccan Chicken Tajine

A white Polish pottery bowl with a blue upside down "Y" and a blue circles pattern filled with authentic Italian tomato sauce with fresh basil leaves on top.

Authentic Italian Tomato Sauce

A glass mixing bowl with carrot kimchi with a spoon held above with a scoop of carrot kimchi on it.

Carrot Kimchi

A dinner bowl plate full of no-bake cookie energy bites.

No-Bake Cookie Energy Bites

A dark blue Polish pottery bowl with white polka dots with homemade yogurt drizzled with honey and topped with slice strawberries. Two strawberries are in the upper left corner and one in the bottom right corner.

Instant Pot Homemade Yogurt

The corner of a baking sheet with parchment paper with a filet of sweet and smoky brown sugar salmon and a fork inserted into the salmon from the left.

Sweet and Smoky Brown Sugar Salmon

8 pieces of peanut butter fudge on a small plate. Faded in the background are more pieces of fudge and the leftover slab of fudge.

Easy Peanut Butter Fudge

A dark blue plate with a swirled pattern with a serving of turkey breast topped with gravy, a serving of mashed potatoes and gravy and stuffing.

Instant Pot Turkey Breast

A white bowl of churro muddy buddies.

Churro Muddy Buddies

An oval Polish pottery dish of wide rice sausage and mushroom stuffing with craisins. A Metal serving spoon is inserted diagonally on the left.

Wild Rice Sausage and Mushroom Stuffing

Three fajita stuffed sweet potatoes sitting in a glass 9x13 baking dish topped with melted cheese and sliced green onions with melted cheese surrounding the bottoms of the sweet potatoes.

Fajita Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

A bowl of red lentil curry soup with a spoon on the left side of the bowl.

Red Lentil Curry Soup

A glass pie dish of South of the border pie with cherry tomatoes scattered on the right and the left and the head of a pie server in the upper left corner.

South of the Border Pie

A large bowl of cucumber feta salad with lemon.

Summer Cucumber Salad with Lemon and Feta

A white polka dotted dark blue plate of square-cut monster cookie bars with m&ms and chocolate chips surrounding the plate.

Monster Cookie Bars

A blender full of poppy seed dressing with picked red onions.

Poppy Seed Dressing with Pickled Red Onions

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